About The Word Paregoric
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Paregoric
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What's The Definition Of Paregoric?
[n] medicine used to treat diarrhea
Synonyms | Synonyms for Paregoric: camphorated tincture of opium Related Terms | Find terms related to Paregoric: alcohol | amobarbital sodium | Amytal | Amytal pill | analgesic | anodyne | barb | barbiturate | barbiturate pill | black stuff | blue | blue angel | blue devil | blue heaven | blue velvet | calmative | chloral hydrate | codeine | codeine cough syrup | Demerol | depressant | depressor | dolly | Dolophine | downer | goofball | H | hard stuff | heroin | hop | horse | hypnotic | junk | knockout drops | laudanum | liquor | lotus | Luminal | Luminal pill | M | meperidine | methadone | Mickey Finn | morphia | morphine | narcotic | Nembutal | Nembutal pill | opiate | opium | pacifier | pain killer | pen yan | phenobarbital | phenobarbital sodium | purple heart | quietener | rainbow | red | scag | secobarbital sodium | Seconal | Seconal pill | sedative | shit | sleeper | sleep-inducer | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | smack | sodium thiopental | somnifacient | soother | soothing syrup | soporific | tar | tranquilizer | Tuinal | Tuinal pill | turps | white stuff | yellow | yellow jacket See Also | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine Paregoric In Webster's Dictionary \Par`e*gor"ic\, a. [L. paregoricus, Gr. ?, from ?
addressing, encouraging, soothing; ? beside + ? an assembly:
cf. F. par['e]gorique. See {Allegory}.]
Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
\Par`e*gor"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also {paregoric elexir}. |
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